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Browsing by Author "Thomson, Ian"

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  • Impacts of Jaguar Predation on Nesting Sea Turtles at Nancite Beach, Santa Rosa National Park, Costa Rica 
    Fonseca, Luis G.; Arroyo-Arce, Stephanny; Thomson, Ian; Villachica, Wilbert N.; Rangel, Eduardo; Valverde, Roldán A.; Plotkin, Pamela T.; Quirós-Pereira, Wagner (Herpetological Conservation and Biology, 2020-12-16)
    Jaguar (Panthera onca) predation on sea turtles occurs across the Americas; however, records are scattered and not frequently presented in terms of their potential effects on sea turtle populations. In this study, we ...
  • New records of jaguar (Panthera onca) in Península Papagayo, Guanacaste Conservation Area, Costa Rica 
    Araya-Gamboa, Daniela; Pomareda-García, Esther; Arroyo-Arce, Stephanny; Espinoza-Muñoz, Deiver; Araya-Jiménez, Yosette; Thomson, Ian; Chavez-Ramos, Mónica; Salom-Pérez, Roberto; Corrales-Gutiérrez, Daniel; Fonseca, Luis G. (Asociacion Mexicana de Mastozoologia, 2024-06-19)
    While jaguars (Panthera onca) are known to inhabit Guanacaste Conservation Area, Costa Rica, there are sectors within the conservation area where the species has not been confirmed. Therefore, herein we document the first ...
  • New records of jaguar predation on sea turtles, Pacific coast, Costa Rica 
    Fonseca, Luis G.; Arroyo-Arce, Stephanny; Thomson, Ian; Villachica, Wilbert N.; Valverde, Roldán A. (2017)
    We report here new sites where jaguars Panthera onca prey upon sea turtles in Costa Rica. We conducted carcass counts (n = 228) along eight beaches located in Santa Rosa National Park NP, which makes part of Guanacaste ...
  • Records of pumas scavenging at jaguar kills in Santa Rosa National Park, Costa Rica 
    Fonseca, Luis G.; Arroyo-Arce, Stephanny; Thomson, Ian; Villachica, Wilbert N.; Valverde, Roldán A. (2018)
    This study describes records of scavenging behaviour of pumas Puma concolor at jaguar Panthera onca kills in Costa Rica. We set camera traps at fresh carcasses predated by jaguars on Nancite beach between March 2010 and ...

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